Alarm Collection (page 5)

Tarquin and Lucretia, 1752. Creator: Charles Hutin
Tarquin and Lucretia, 1752

Plate 14: Gideon Terrorizing the Enemy Camp, from The Battles of the Old Tes... ca
Plate 14: Gideon Terrorizing the Enemy Camp, from The Battles of the Old Testament, ca. 1590-ca. 1610

The procuress: an old woman, a soldier, and a woman, ca. 1635-68

Flight of the Queen of James II, from "Illustrated London News", August 3, 1872
Flight of the Queen of James II, from " Illustrated London News", August 3, 1872

Chat echaudecraint l eau froide, 19th century. Creator: Victor Adam
Chat echaude craint l eau froide, 19th century. [Scalded cat is afraid of cold water]

The Approach of the British Pirate "Alabama"(Harpers Weekly, Vol
The Approach of the British Pirate " Alabama" (Harpers Weekly, Vol. VII), April 25, 1863

Timiditas from Four Vices, ca. 1580-1628. Creator: Raphael Sadeler
Timiditas from Four Vices, ca. 1580-1628

American prairie on fire, 1844. Creator: Unknown
American prairie on fire, 1844. People and animals run in panic from the flames. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

La Mort de peur, 1830-76. 1830-76. Creator: Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Pena
La Mort de peur, 1830-76

Hector taking leave of Andromache: the Fright of Astyanax, 1766. Creator: Benjamin West
Hector taking leave of Andromache: the Fright of Astyanax, 1766

Fear, ca. 1860. Creator: Henry Peach Robinson
Fear, ca. 1860

Figure 60: Fright, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne
Figure 60: Fright, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 62: Terror, semiprofile, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne
Figure 62: Terror, semiprofile, 1854-56, printed 1862

Amputation, February 17, 1786. February 17, 1786. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Amputation, February 17, 1786

Lodging at M Queens (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the Second), June 20, 1786

Horror, January 1, 1800. January 1, 1800. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Horror, January 1, 1800

The Dead Alive!, July 1795. July 1795. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Dead Alive!, July 1795

The New Property Tax Paying His Respects To John Bull, April 16, 1806. April 16, 1806
The New Property Tax Paying His Respects To John Bull, April 16, 1806

Death and the Miser, December 20, 1801. December 20, 1801. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Death and the Miser, December 20, 1801

Landscape with rushing stream and a couple on the bank, frightened by a snake, 1775-1827

Story of Golden Locks, ca. 1870. Creator: Seymour Joseph Guy
Story of Golden Locks, ca. 1870

Christ Asleep during the Tempest, ca. 1853. Creator: Eugene Delacroix
Christ Asleep during the Tempest, ca. 1853

The Nursery, 1833. Creator: John Doyle
The Nursery, 1833. John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton de Gyfford; Sir Francis Burdett; William Cobbett; John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer. British politians depicted as crying children

The destruction of Achan and his children in the valley of Achor, 19th century. Creator
The destruction of Achan and his children in the valley of Achor, 19th century. Biblical scene, from Joshua 7: 24: And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver

Her ghastly face and blood-stained garments... 1919. Creator: Unknown
Her ghastly face and blood-stained garments struck terror to the souls of the petrified spectators, 1919....the brides sumptuously lacquered kago appeared, surrounded by a numerous retinue

Lord Cornwallis receiving the Sons of Tippoo Saib, (c1780s), 1816. Creator: Unknown
Lord Cornwallis receiving the Sons of Tippoo Saib, (c1780s), 1816. Charles Cornwallis, (1738-1805) British Army general and official, appointed Governor-General and of India

Twenty elephants in the flames, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Twenty elephants in the flames, 1932. Vingt Elephants dans les Flammes. A fire at a menagerie in Antwerp, Belgium. Front cover of " L Illustre du Petit Journal". [France, 1932]

An appalling cataclysm, 1932. Creator: Unknown
An appalling cataclysm, 1932. Un Epouvantable Cataclysme. Buildings are torn apart and people are killed and injured during the destruction of Saint-Denis de la Reunion

A volcano erupts in Martinique, 1929. Creator: Unknown
A volcano erupts in Martinique, 1929. Un Volcan Se Reveille A La Martinique. People grab belongings and flee as smoke and lava spew out of a volcano

Christian at Mount Sinai, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Christian at Mount Sinai, c1910. Scene from " The Pilgrims Progress", by John Bunyan. Glass lantern slide produced by the Church Army Lantern Department which in 1905 had approximately 100

Battle of Cunaxa, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Battle of Cunaxa, 1890. The Battle of Cunaxa, 401 BC between Cyrus the Younger and his brother Arsaces, (Artaxerxes II). Cyrus charged his brothers bodyguard and was killed by a javelin

In Memoriam - The Relief of Lucknow, 1858, (1901). Creator: Unknown
In Memoriam - The Relief of Lucknow, 1858, (1901). The siege of Lucknow was one of the major engagements of the uprising against British rule in India which began in 1857

Men in a boat threatened by a sea monster, early-mid 18th century, (1924). Creator
Men in a boat threatened by a sea monster, early-mid 18th century, (1924). From the " Shinsen O Uchiwa" (Old and New Ghost Stories), attribited to Okumura Masanobu

The Sack of Louvain, (1919). Creator: Unknown
The Sack of Louvain, (1919). Scene from the First World War: the town of Louvain in Belgium was attacked by German soldiers in August 1914

Scene from Hamlet, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Scene from " Hamlet", 19th century. Act 1 Scene 5 from " Hamlet" by William Shakespeare: the ghost of his father appears to Hamlet and says Adieu Adieu Adieu! remember me

An Interrupted English Dinner Party at Paris, c1849. Creator: George Cruikshank
An Interrupted English Dinner Party at Paris - Mourir pour la Patrie, c1849. Humorous scene: shocked and terrified English diners are interrupted at dinner

Desolation des Peruviens pendant L Eclipse de Lune, 1723. Creator: Bernard Picart
Desolation des Peruviens pendant L Eclipse de Lune, 1723. Desolation of the Peruvians during the lunar eclipse. From " Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde"

John Gilpins horse is alarmed by a donkey, 1878, (c1918). Creator: Randolph Caldecott
John Gilpins horse is alarmed by a donkey, 1878, (c1918). John Gilpin, newly hatted and wigged thanks to his friend, is about to set off again when a braying donkey frightens his horse

John Gilpins horse splashes mud on a womans dress, 1878, (c1918). Creator: Randolph Caldecott
John Gilpins horse splashes mud on a womans dress, 1878, (c1918). John Gilpin was the subject of a comic ballad of 1782 by William Cowper entitled " The Diverting History of John Gilpin"

Moses and the Burning Bush. Creator: N v d Linden
Moses and the Burning Bush. Scene from the Old Testament

The Dragon of the Apocalyps. Creator: P Masson
The Dragon of the Apocalyps. A fearful king and his subjects cower before a fire-breathing dragon, as angels empty basins over the landscape

Woman being frightened by a mouse, c1950. Creator: Shirley Markham
Woman being frightened by a mouse, c1950. Birthday card design. Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Central School of Art in London from 1950-1952

Disturbed: A Plover Rising from Its Nest, 1879, (c1902). Creator: Unknown
Disturbed: A Plover Rising from Its Nest, 1879, (c1902). After a painting in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. A bird is startled and breaks cover in the early spring twilight

The 6 Metre class Alarm (K15) heeling upwind, 1921. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The 6 Metre class Alarm (K15) heeling upwind, 1921

Cupid frightening other children, c1757, (1928). Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Cupid frightening other children, c1757, (1928). Cupid with a cloth over his head frightening other children, pen with wash on white paper

Pirates of the Mediterranean Playing at Dice for Prisoners. c1869. Artist: W Ridgway
Pirates of the Mediterranean Playing at Dice for Prisoners. c1869. 19th century imagining of a 16th century scene

Bell to warn of gas attack, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

An Episode of the White Terror, 1815, (1896). General Count Jacques Laurent Gilly in hiding in a peasants house near Anduze in the South of France

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